In the last year or so, conversations about inequality have levelled up, but the tech industry hasn’t been critiqued as majorly just yet. A recent global study revealed that just 9 per cent of IT leadership roles are given to women, whereas this...
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Slovaks take to streets as PM’s resignation fails to stifle anger (CNN)
Thousands of people gathered in Slovakia's capital city Friday night to protest against the government and pay tribute to murdered Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak. Read the full article
Index on Censorship organisation slams Nazi dog conviction (The National)
Free speech organisation Index on Censorship has condemnded the decision by a Scottish court to convict a Scot who trained his dog to be a Nazi and raise its paw every time he said "gas the Jews". Read the full article
Should we ban books denying the Holocaust from high street shops? (New Statesman)
A campaign to remove hateful works from retailers like Waterstones and Foyles has kicked off a censorship row. Read the full article Index on Censorship CEO Jodie Ginsberg's comment to the New Statesman: Stopping the spread of ideas we find...
Index on Censorship: Беларусь – в лидерах по преследованию журналистов (Хартыя’97)
Правозащитная организация Index on Censorshipподготовила «Карту свободы масмедиа», в котором зафиксированы угрозы для свободы прессы в разных странах мира, в том числе в Беларуси. Read the full...
Fundraising bid to map attacks against freedom of expression (Bookseller)
Index on Censorship is bidding to raise £15,000 by the end of this month to map attacks against freedom of expression and demand governments do more to stop them. The plea follows the death of journalist Jan Kuciak, and his partner Martina...
Forty-five years later, the censors are as busy as ever (Buenos Aires Times)
About this time in 1973, 45 years ago that is, I published my first article in the second issue of an obviously unknown London-based magazine, Index on Censorship. It had been launched in November 1972, to publish banned, imprisoned, silenced...
Freedom of expression is our last and only defence (Jewish News)
The default position of politicians and prominent public figures under fire is to blame a free press. On the 80th anniversary of Kristallnacht the Index on Censorship, which monitors attacks on world media, reiterates that freedom of expression is...
Mudzvova honoured for gay activism (NewsDay, 16 Feb 2018)
THEATRE artist and political activist, Silvanos Mudzvova has been nominated for the 2018 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Fellowship in the arts category, for his performances, that agitate for democracy and rights for the country’s...
Mèdia.cat, nominat als Premis Llibertat d’Expressió de l’Index on Censorship (Comunicacio21, 16 Feb 2018)
L'Observatori crític dels mitjans Mèdia.cat ha estat nominat en la categoria d'activisme digital en la 18a edició dels Premis Llibertat d'Expressió que atorga l'Index on Censorship, organització internacional de referència en la lluita contra la...
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